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Cynthia was a director of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre from 1994 to 1999, and was President of the Board for two years. She is also a past member and former chair of the Young Lawyer’s Division of the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario. She is an active member of her community, a charity canvasser and volunteer, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Goulbourn Skating Club for five years. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded the "Top 40 Under 40" Award in 2000 and won a volunteer award in 2004.

Cynthia has presented numerous papers and lectures in her specific areas of expertise to business organizations, associations and educational institutions, including the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Continuing Legal Education, the County of Carleton Law Association, the University of Ottawa, the Canadian Bar Association, the Credit Bureau, the Licensing Executives Society and the Canadian Counsel Association.

Cynthia has also co-authored a legal text on contracts entitled "Behind and Beyond Boilerplate: Drafting Commercial Agreements," published by Carswell in 1998, and now in its second edition.